diff --git a/python-astor.changes b/python-astor.changes
index 426e1d6..28a3f28 100644
--- a/python-astor.changes
+++ b/python-astor.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 19 19:13:12 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Skip failing stdlib roundtrip test on python39
+  gh#berkerpeksag/astor#196
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  1 09:54:30 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-astor.spec b/python-astor.spec
index d715332..c81517d 100644
--- a/python-astor.spec
+++ b/python-astor.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-astor
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ URL:            https://github.com/berkerpeksag/astor
 Source:         https://github.com/berkerpeksag/astor/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/astor-%{version}.tar.gz
 # https://github.com/berkerpeksag/astor/pull/177
 Patch0:         remove_nose.patch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # SECTION test requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 %if %{with python2}
+# The tests use it internally, even when called from pytest-2
 BuildRequires:  python-unittest2
 %endif
 # /SECTION
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@ chmod a-x astor/rtrip.py
 %python_expand chmod 755 %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/astor/rtrip.py
 
 %check
-%pytest tests
+# https://github.com/berkerpeksag/astor/issues/196
+python39_donttest="test_convert_stdlib"
+%pytest tests ${$python_donttest:+ -k "not (${$python_donttest})"}
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc AUTHORS README.rst docs/*.rst